{"product_id":"cannabis-lore-david-james-9798257195471","title":"Cannabis Lore: The Stories Behind the People, Places, and Strains That Shaped the Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe untold true story of how a plant traveled from Afghan mountain villages to American dispensary shelves-through hippie trails, CIA operations, Grateful Dead parking lots, and the hidden hills of Humboldt County.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCannabis Lore traces the people, places, and strains that built cannabis culture from the ground up. From John Griggs's LSD revelation in a Bel Air living room that launched America's first major hashish smuggling ring, to the anonymous seeds purchased at an Indiana Dead show that spawned Chemdawg, Sour Diesel, and OG Kush, this is the hidden history of how we got from hand-rubbed charas to Instagram drops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Soviet invasion that accidentally preserved the genetics behind every indica on your dispensary menu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperation Intercept-how Nixon's border crackdown failed to stop Mexican weed but built the Thai stick trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Widow, Northern Lights, and the Amsterdam Cup wars-who actually bred them and who took the credit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne bag from a Grateful Dead parking lot in Indiana, thirteen seeds, and the family tree that gave us Chemdawg, OG Kush, and Sour Diesel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKen Estes, a wheelchair, and the Oakland cross that made purple cannabis worth twice as much\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBC Bud, the Hells Angels, and the community radio station that broadcast helicopter positions to protect local growers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cookie Fam's garage operation that became a billion-dollar empire from San Francisco to Bangkok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGelato, Runtz, Wedding Cake-how dessert names and Instagram drops replaced diesel fumes and counterculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Dream-the best-selling strain in American history, and why nobody knows who made it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart agricultural history, part counterculture chronicle, part business story, Cannabis Lore reveals how prohibition didn't destroy cannabis-it made it better. Every strain on every dispensary menu has a story. This is that story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257195471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"David James","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623665938687,"sku":"9798257195471","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cannabis-lore-david-james-9798257195471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}